On Monday’s season finale of “The Bachelorette,” the couple was all smiles as they took the stage for the first time as an engaged couple on the “After the Final Rose” special, but those plastered-on happy faces hide the ongoing issue plaguing their relationship: its lack of authenticity.

When you’re defending a relationship or even the quality of a person so early on, it’s time to raise a few eyebrows.

JoJo’s mother, Soraya, who has seen plenty of men break her daughter’s heart already, was wary of Jordan the moment he walked through the door. While the California native naturally charmed the Fletcher family with corny gifts, the matriarch saw him for what he could be: a playboy.

“Not that I don’t like Jordan, but I think Robby’s more husband material,” Soraya told her daughter after having met her boyfriends.

Though her family clearly viewed Robby as the more adequate partner of the two, JoJo’s pull toward Jordan was vastly stronger — despite the fact that he neglected to ask for her father’s blessing. When he eventually phoned his future in-laws before proposing to JoJo, his reasoning was questionable, to say the least.

“I didn’t feel comfortable with, for one, them not having met Robby,” Jordan explained to JoJo. “I don’t know if it’s me. There’s two of us left. I want you to know that it’s exactly what you want, and I want you to know it’s right, and I want your family to know that that’s what you want. And then, I would be comfortable asking your dad.”

If his future wife makes it vehemently clear she wants him to talk to her parents first, the man who is 100 percent ready to commit makes sure that conversation takes place.

But here we are.

Jordan and JoJo are planning a 2017 wedding, not to mention a major move to Dallas. But no matter where they go, gossip will forever cast a shadow over their love affair: Just because the cameras have stopped rolling doesn’t mean the chatter will soon follow suit.

With Jordan a lock for an SEC Network sportscaster gig, he’ll remain a figure in the spotlight. As for his bride-to-be, she’s still a real estate developer, but as we’ve seen from the Bachelorettes of the past — especially those looking to extend their 15 minutes — that could soon change.

Between juggling careers and constantly defending their relationship — or in Jordan’s case, his “complicated” bond with brother Aaron — not to mention the glare of the limelight, it’s possible JoJo and Jordan’s romance could crumble before they even send out save-the-dates.

JoJo and Jordan are no Kaitlyn Bristowe and Shawn Booth. That “Bachelorette” couple of last season enjoyed life away from Hollywood to let their relationship progress naturally. And guess what? It has. Though still engaged, it’s likely they’ll wed in the near future.